Roulette performance and analysis

Abstract

A method and system for monitoring consecutive games of roulette played at a live roulette gaming table. The table includes a table layout, a roulette wheel and a chipper machine for sorting and counting betting chips. During each game, players bet on a spin of the roulette wheel by indicating bets on the table layout with the chips. Chip count data from the chipper machine along with game activity data from one or more gaming table monitoring systems is recorded and processed by a table computer to identify at least one game delineation event and associated timing information. The chip count data is analyzed based on the timing information for game delineation event: and then portions of the chip count data are assigned to respective roulette games. The recorded data may be later analyzed to determine a range of performance characteristics including optimization characteristics, and / or immediately communicated to the table operators.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) from International Application No. PCT / AU2010 / 001539, filed Nov. 16, 2010, entitled “Roulette Performance and Analysis” which claims priority from Australian Patent Application No. 2010905020 filed Nov. 12, 2010 and Australian Patent Application No. 2009905614 filed Nov. 17, 2009 the entire contents are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates generally to the game of roulette and more particularly to the analysis and performance of roulette tables.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The following discussion of the prior art is intended to facilitate an understanding of the invention and to enable the advantages of it to be more fully understood. It should be appreciated, however, that any reference to prior art throughout the specification should not be construed as an express or implied admission that such prior art ...

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Benefits of technology

[0037]Preferably, the method includes the step of analysing said reports to determine an optimal rate of game completion to maximise the game turnover.

[0038]Preferably, the method includes the step of analysing said reports to determine an optimal number of players per table to maximise the game turnover.

Problems solved by technology

The information collected is very general, incomplete, non-specific, averaged over long periods of time, and is processed in a non-analytical manner subject to hunches and guesswork.

Moreover, the document is limited to monitoring individual tables.

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